Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association

The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) was a Catholic civil rights organization that existed in Northern Ireland during the late 1960s and 1970s. Formed in Belfast on 9 April 1967, NICRA's goal was to protest against gerrymandering, housing discrimination, employment discrimination, and the harsh British rule in the province, and its members consisted of trade unionists, communists, socialists, and Irish republicans. In 1972, the organization disbanded as the violence of The Troubles escalated and removed any hope for a peaceful civil rights campaign.